PV Manufacturing Ecosystem - Headwinds and Tailwinds

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Time: 04:00 pm - 05:30 pm
Hall: The Leela Hotel
Room: Room: Bandhej

An overview of how India's solar manufacturing sector is growing, along with the
challenges it faces - including project cancellations and import tariffs -
and what these mean for factory demand, pricing, and export opportunities.
The discussion will also examine how global value-chain realignments and
emerging trade partnerships may influence India's competitiveness in modules
and cells.

04:00 pm - 05:30 pmPV Manufacturing Ecosystem - Headwinds and Tailwinds

Sishir Garemella

Head of International Business Development

Kiwa PVEL

To Program Overview

Speakers

Speaker

Sishir Garemella, Kiwa PVEL

Head of International Business Development

India

Sishir Garemella is head of international business development atKiwa PVEL, the leading independent lab of the downstream solar market. Sishirleads Kiwa PVEL's international expansion in strategic markets. He has over 15years of experience, primarily in the downstream, both as a financier and as anoperator. Prior to solar, he has worked in investment banking in the UK and theautomotive industry in Canada. He holds a Masters in Accounting and Financefrom the London School of Economics in the UK and a Bachelors in ElectricalEngineering from the University of Windsor in Canada.